The Tomato

Scientific Project

María del llano Ortegón, Andrea Rodríguez, Paola torres.

Gimnasio de los llanos
7B
Yopal, Casanare
2012Content:
1. Introduction.
2. Question.
3. Hypotesis.
4. Information.
5. Experiment.
6. Conclusions.
7. Bibliography.INTRODUCTION

In this project we want to show you which are the steps to plants tomatoes.
The tomato is a plant typically red that is originated in South America that was spread after the Spanishcolonization and now is growing around the world in greenhouses.
It is botanically a fruit but is culinary called as a vegetable so it makes confusion over the world, can you believe that the supremecourt of the United States made a judgment just to decide it is call “Nix v. Hedden”.
The tomato is use for soups, juices, salads, decorate the plates, etc.

QUESTION:
* Which are the steps toplant tomatoes?
HYPOTHESIS:
* Buy the seeds, plant them, put some water and wait that the plant grows.

INFORMATION:
Tomatoes are usually plant in greenhouses but we’re going to plant it in anopen area.
We went to a farm to talk whit a farmer about how to plant tomatoes, he told us that to plant a tomato we have to make a ditch then put some fertilizer and mix it up with the earth then makesome holes on the ditch and put there the seeds then fill up the holes and put some water.
After some weeks when the tomatoes grow we have to put some sticks to stand up the plant after all of thiswe just have to wait for the tomatoes to grow.

Photo; a tomato’s plant branch.

EXPERIMENT:
For our experiment we are going to follow the farmer instructionand we made a ditch in our school.
Materials:
To plant tomatoes we use:
* 1 bag of tomatoes seeds.
* As many spades as you want.
* Fertilizer.
* An open space on the garden to make...